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Former BigLaw companion pleads no contest to alleged home abuse of spouse who was later discovered useless in stairwell
A former Duane Morris companion pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to prices of home abuse towards his spouse and interfering together with her 911 name. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A former Duane Morris companion pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to prices of home abuse towards his spouse and interfering together with her 911 name.
The alleged abuse towards Caitlin Tracey occurred two months earlier than her physique was present in October 2024 on the backside of a stairwell in former companion Adam P. Beckerink’s rental constructing in Chicago’s South Loop. He has not been charged in her demise.
Representatives for Tracey’s household introduced the no contest plea together with Beckerink’s responsible plea to a contempt of court docket cost Friday for violating an order to not contact Tracey.
ABC 7 Chicago was in Michigan for the plea listening to; CWBChicago and Fox 32 Chicago additionally coated the plea.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 20.
Beckerink was ousted as a partner at Duane Morris in November 2024 after Tracey’s dad and mom alleged in court docket paperwork that Beckerink bodily abused their daughter in Michigan the place she lived.
Beckerink averted a trial scheduled to start Sept. 9 because of the plea. A choose had dominated in June that throughout the scheduled trial, prosecutors may play Tracey’s 911 name for assist in August 2024 and present police physique digicam footage displaying Beckerink’s arrest for home abuse on the Michigan residence, ABC 7 Chicago previously reported.
A lawyer for Beckerink has mentioned Tracey “was the love of Adam’s life,” and there was no hyperlink between her demise and his shopper.
The Prepare dinner County, Illinois, medical expert didn’t challenge a discovering on Tracey’s explanation for demise. The choices embrace accident, suicide, murder and pure causes, in response to CWBChicago. Tracey had a number of fractures, and her foot had been severed.
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